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Opinion: Aaron Spencer. New Zealanders, in general, have had very little interest in the apparently baffling complexities of geopolitics, economics,…
OPINION: Ashley Church There is something about Israel that feels bigger than politics and bigger than the events of the…
OPINION: ROGER PARTRIDGE When a story recently emerged about the government getting advice on carless days under the Petroleum Demand Restraint Act, older New Zealanders will have felt a…
OPINION: Ashley Church. For a long time, after October 7, I tried to respond to the claims that Israel was…
Image featured was created by AI. OPINION: Ashley Church If the recent Newstalk ZB claim that “there is no bias…
OPINION: Wanda Alger As charismatic churches face an ongoing reckoning over the abuse of prophetic ministry, there is an enormous…
OPINION: Two venerable and time honoured social service providers of New Zealand seem to have decided that the way forward…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. Here’s a policy for National. Or ACT. Get rid of the sole parent benefit. Known for decades…
OPINION; The Reverend Dr Stuart Lange The ultimate source of every human life is God. Every human being is loved…
Editorial: cvnznews.com It has finally happened: a combined U.S. and Israeli strike on Iran. I sat in my office on…
Opinion: Ashley Church. As decent people everywhere mark the elimination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Iran’s supreme leader since 1989…
What is oneness in Christ? Opinion: Dr Stuart Laing. The oneness of all believers in Christ is a spiritual reality, which God…
Opinion: Susanne Maynes. I’ve never attended Bethel Church or their school of ministry, and I’ve only listened to a handful…
Opinion: Peter Williams. February 25 is a significant day for Bendigo — Bendigo in Central Otago that is. Like its…
OPINION: Chris McVeigh I enjoy listening to Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand. There are a number of reasons for…
OPINION: Binoy Kampmark In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second largest state has decided to deal…
Opinion: Joey Sacharow “Australia has a choice to make. Its character — for generations to come — will be defined…
OPINION: Dr Stuart Laing It’s a timely question, because this is an election year, and in the next while all…
OPINION: Nathan Najib New Zealand Is Being Sold an Economic Lie Capitalism isn’t the problem, cowardly politics is. Socialism doesn’t…
OPINION: A.S. Ibrahim. In the vast expanse of the Arabian Peninsula, tiny Qatar—smaller than Connecticut—casts an outsized and dangerous shadow.…
OPINION: Robin Schumacher, Love it or hate it, no book rocks the world like the Bible. The Guinness World Records…
OPINION: Joel Foster. “Christians cannot do without good reporters”, wrote Evert Van Vlastuin, director of Christian Network Europe, on the last day of…
OPINION: Richard Prebble. Politicians make mistakes. They are human. Decisions must often be made with inadequate information. It is easy…
OPINION: Dr. Bryce Edwards. Many expected fireworks at Waitangi this year. In an election year, with the Government’s record on…
OPINION: Michael Bassett. If you are watching the bizarre goings on at Waitangi, keep an eye out for which politicians…
OPINION: Kaeley Harms Sometimes the conservative refrain, “there’s a war on men,” functions less as a diagnosis and more as…
OPINION: Jonathan S. Tobin What does it say about a country where some rudimentary knowledge about the Holocaust is commonplace,…
OPINION: by Dr Lee Warren. I’ve spent more than 25 years operating on the human brain, changing lives by making…
The pre-Christmas stoush between Finance Minister Nicola Willis and her 1990s predecessor Ruth Richardson has faded. The planned debate was…
New Zealand faces a grey rhino event. We now feel the impact of the NZ birth rate dropping. Across the…
OPINION: Ashley Church January 27, 2026 The Holocaust did not begin with the gas chambers of Auschwitz or Treblinka. It…
Opinion: Greg Laurie Let’s start with the obvious: the Rapture sounds crazy. Jesus descends from Heaven, dead people rise from…
Opinion: Graham Adams When Chris Hipkins succeeded Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister in January 2023, he adopted what was essentially…
OPINION: David Robertson Belgium, France, Portugal, Canada, Australia and the UK have all recently recognised the state of Palestine. The…
Opinion: Mike Bain Across the Western world, a quiet but decisive shift is reshaping the religious landscape. Sociologists call it…
EDITORIAL New Zealand has drifted back to work after the summer break, sunburnt, distracted, and dangerously complacent — as if…